Posts by Emily Yoshida
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‘Shipping Newsroom Season 1, Episode 8: ‘The Blackout Part 1: Tragedy Porn’
Will & Mac It’s been more than a year since Mac originally held up her hand-drawn signs and inspired Will to be the integrity, and since then she has perched, pixie-like, on his shoulder, nodding along as he ultimately made all the Right Decisions, and forgiving him his superficial flaws, like the smoking habit, and […]
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Bret Easton Ellis’s Five Stages of Grief Over Fifty Shades of Grey
Just after midnight last night, somewhere in the upper levels of the Doheny Plaza condos, before the glittering backdrop of the West Hollywood skyline, a dream died. Bret Easton Ellis, the Internet’s foremost self-declared candidate to adapt E.L. James’s pop-smut best seller Fifty Shades of Grey, got on Twitter to announce to his 320k-plus followers […]
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‘Shipping Newsroom Season 1, Episode 7: ‘5/1’
Maggie & Don After a bit of Will/Mac overload last week, the youngs are taking over the ‘Shipping Newsroom leaderboard in a big way. Don continues his journey of redemption this week by flying (ugh, I’m sorry) in the face of federal regulations and a very uptight Julie Delpy doppelganger to report the news, even […]
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A Running Diary of Aaron Sorkin’s Showdown With the Press at The Newsroom’s TCA Panel
I am sitting in the International Ballroom in the Beverly Hilton Hotel during the twilight of the 2012 Summer TCA Press Tour, as HBO, like every other network and cable channel has done this week, previews its upcoming movies with a series of panels and Q&As. In a matter of minutes, Aaron Sorkin, Oscar-winning screenwriter […]
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’Shipping Newsroom Season 1, Episode 6: ‘Bullies’
With the summer TV pickings so terribly slim this year, Hollywood Prospectus editor Emily Yoshida has had to get creative in the search for some scripted romantic intrigue until her CW shows come back. Here’s your week in ’ships on HBO’s The Newsroom. Editor’s note: I’m somewhat pressed for time this week, so we’re express […]
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Madonna Will Not Be Deterred in Her Pursuit of Ideas, Nazi Imagery
Every new Madonna album comes with a new Madonna persona, and the MDNA Madonna is seemingly into rave culture, partial nudity, and mind-blowing cultural tone-deafness. The first two may as well be put-ons, but the third is turning out to be pretty genuine: The New York Times reports that Ms. Ciccone is now defending her […]
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Introducing Britney Spears, X Factor Judge
When Britney Spears was originally tapped to join The X Factor’s new, improved, Abdul/Scherzinger-free judging panel earlier this year, the first question wasn’t, as was the case for newly minted American Idol judge Mariah Carey, how it would affect her career, or even whether she had the industry acumen necessary for the job. It was […]
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Mariah Carey Confirmed to Judge American Idol, Jennifer Lopez Somewhere Between 99 and 100 Percent Out
At this time last week, things were very dark in the American Idol universe — after sending this year’s crop of Idols on their summer tour, waving and smiling as if everything was just fine, the parents (and creepy Uncle Steven) went back in the house and promptly had a meltdown. Now, with judges Steven […]
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‘Shipping Newsroom Season 1, Episode 5: ‘Amen’
With the summer TV pickings so terribly slim this year, Hollywood Prospectus editor Emily Yoshida has had to get creative in the search for some scripted romantic intrigue until her CW shows come back. Here’s your week in ’ships on HBO’s The Newsroom. Will & Mac Willkenzie ’shippers, your patience has been rewarded! With congressional […]
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Things I Learned From Showtime’s Polyamory: Married and Dating
Polyamory: Married and Dating is a reality show on Showtime. I accidentally watched it last week because it was on after The Real L Word, and this week the same thing happened. Like The Real L Word, Polyamory is a reality show on a mission to educate us about different lifestyles while giving us lots […]
